Iran competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 24 August to 5 September 2024. This was their tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.
The Iranian roster featured a number of past Paralympians and Paralympic medalists, including woman shooter Sareh Javanmardi who won her fifth Paralympic medal with a gold medal, man para-athlete Saeid Afrooz who won his second Paralympic medal with a gold medal and broke World Record in Men's Javelin throw F34, powerlifter Rouhollah Rostami who won his third Paralympic medal with a gold medal and broke World Record in Men's 80kg and Iran men's national sitting volleyball team won their eighth Paralympic gold medal.
In this Paralympic games Fatemeh Hemmati won two silver medals in Archery.
Medalists
MedalName SportEvent DateSareh JavanmardiShootingP2 – Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1Amirhossein Alipour DarbeidAthleticsMen's Shot put F11Saeid AfroozAthleticsMen's Javelin throw F34Rouhollah RostamiPowerliftingMen's 80kgIran men's national sitting volleyball teamSitting volleyball Men's tournament Yasin KhosraviAthleticsMen's Shot put F57Aliakbar GharibshahiPowerliftingMen's 107kgAhmad AminzadehPowerliftingMen's +107kgZahra RahimiTaekwondoWomen's 52 kgParastoo HabibiAthleticsWomen's Club throw F32Zafar ZakerAthleticsMen's Shot put F55Fatemeh HemmatiArcheryWomen's individual compound openFatemeh HemmatiHadi NoriArcheryTeam compoundMahdi OladAthleticsMen's Shot put F11Hajar SafarzadehAthleticsWomen's 400 m T12Hassan BajoulvandAthleticsMen's Discus Throw F11Meysam BanitabaJudoMen's -60 kg J1Ali PiroujAthleticsMen's Javelin throw F13Alireza BakhtTaekwondoMen's 80 kgHamed HaghshenasTaekwondoMen's +80 kgAlireza MokhtariAthleticsMen's Shot put F53Mohammad Reza Arab AmeriArcheryMen's Individual recurveMohsen BakhtiarPowerliftingMen's 59kgAliasghar JavanmardiAthletics Men's Shot put F35Elham SalehiAthleticsJavelin throw F54
| style="text-align:left; width:25%; vertical-align:top;"| Medals by dateDayDateTotal 1 29 August 0 1 0 1 2 30 August 0 2 0 2 3 31 August 1 1 2 4 4 1 September 0 0 1 1 5 2 September 1 2 0 3 6 3 September 0 1 0 1 7 4 September 1 0 1 2 8 5 September 0 3 2 5 9 6 September 3 0 0 3 10 7 September 0 0 1 1 11 8 September 2 0 0 2Total 8 10 7 25 | style="text-align:left; width:19%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 3 6 3 12Powerlifting 3 0 1 4Shooting 1 0 0 1Sitting volleyball 1 0 0 1Archery 0 2 1 3Taekwondo 0 1 2 3Judo 0 1 0 1 Total 8 10 7 25 | style="text-align:left; width:17%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by genderGenderTotalMale75618Female1416Mixed0101Total810725 | style="text-align:left; width:45%; vertical-align:top;"|
Multiple medalistsNameSportTotalFatemeh HemmatiArchery 0 2 02
Competitors Source:https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/npc-entries/ir-iran
SportMenWomenTotalArchery 4 2 6Athletics 15 4 19Goalball 6 0 6Judo 2 0 2Paracanoeing 1 1 2Powerlifting 6 0 6Shooting 1 3 4Sitting volleyball 12 0 12Swimming 2 0 2Taekwondo 3 2 5 Total 52 12 64
Archery
Iran entered seven athletes in all event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Men AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankHadi NouriIndividual compound68222W 141–139L 139–140colspan=4 Alisina Manshaezadeh67229L 135–140colspan=5 Gholamreza RahimiIndividual recurve6408L 4–6colspan=5 Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri6455W 6–4W 6–2W 6–0L 4–6W 6–0
Women AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankFatemeh HemmatiIndividual compound6963 W 142–138W 143–140W 146–143L 141–144Somayeh RahimiIndividual recurve57412W 6–0W 6–0L 0–6colspan=3
Mixed AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankFatemeh HemmatiHadi NouriTeam compound13784 W 153–151W 152–152 L 151–155Somayeh RahimiMohammad Reza Arab AmeriTeam recurve12196W 5–4 L 2–6colspan=3
Athletics
Iranian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
Track & road events Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankHajar Safarzadeh200 m T1225.04 1 25.062 24.91 4400 m T1256.34 1 56.07 1 55.39
Field events Men AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionAli OlfatniaLong jump T376.044Mahdi OladShot put F1113.89 Amirhossein Alipour Darbeid14.78 Aliasghar JavanmardiShot put F3515.84Alireza MokhtariShot put F538.69 Hamed AmiriShot put F5511.366Zafar Zaker11.88Yasin KhosraviShot put F5715.96 Sajad NikparastJavelin throw F1360.445Ali Pirouj69.74 Saeid AfroozJavelin throw F3441.16 Sadegh Beit SayahJavelin throw F41Erfan Bondori DeraznoeiJavelin throw F5429.125Amanolah PapiJavelin throw F5747.634Mahdi OladDiscus Throw F1139.154Hassan Bajoulvand41.75 Mostafa MarianDiscus Throw F56
Women AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionElham SalehiShot put F547.46 5Javelin throw F5416.24Hashemiyeh MotaghianJavelin throw F5621.695Parastoo HabibiClub throw F3226.29
Canoeing
Iran earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTime RankSaeid HosseinpoorMen's KL150.713 49.531 49.165Shahla BehrouziradWomen's KL352.705 52.124colspan=2
Goalball
Summary TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIran men'sMen's tournamentW 12–8D 7–7L 7–143 QL 3–6W 4–35
Men's tournament
The Iranian men's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.
Team roster
Group play
Quarter-finals
Fifth place match
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage round 1Repechage round 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMeysam Banitaba60 kg J1W 01–00W 10–00colspan=2 L 00–01Mousa Gholami90 kg J1W 10–00L 00–10L 00–107
Powerlifting AthleteEventResultRank MenMohsen BakhtiarMen's 59kg197Amir JafariMen's 65kg2064Rouhollah RostamiMen's 80kg242 Hamed SolhipourMen's 97kg2184Aliakbar GharibshahiMen's 107kg252 Ahmad AminzadehMen's +107kg263
Shooting
Iran entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMohammadreza MirshafieiP1 – 10 metre air pistol SH15684 111.78
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankSareh JavanmardiP2 – 10 metre air pistol SH15701 236.8Nasrin Shahi colspan=2 Roghayeh ShojaeiR2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1617.19colspan=2 R8 – 50 m rifle 3 Positions SH1115111colspan=2
Mixed AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankSareh JavanmardiP4 – 50 m pistol SH15424 159.45Mohammadreza Mirshafiei52318colspan=2
Sitting volleyball
Iran men's sitting volleyball team qualified for games after winning the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Summary
TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal / / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIran men'sMen's tournamentW 3–0W 3–0W 3–01W 3–1W 3–1
Men's tournament
Roster The following is the Iran roster in the men's sitting volleyball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
PlayerPositionDate of birth (age) 1 Libero 2 Opposite 3 Opposite 4 Opposite 5 Libero 6 Opposite 7 Middle Blocker 8 Setter 9 Middle Blocker 10 Middle Blocker 11 Libero 12 Setter
Group play
Semifinals
Final
Swimming
AthleteEventsHeatsFinalTimeRankTimeRankShahin Izadyar100 m breaststroke SB9 1:13.04 7colspan=2 Sina Zeyghaminejad100 m breaststroke SB9 1:10.58 4 1:12.96 8200 m individual medley SM10 2:30.51 8colspan=2
Taekwondo
Iran entered six athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. The other athlete qualified by winning the gold medal match at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.
Men AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze medal matchOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSaeid Sadeghianpour–63 kgW 28–2L 10–22L 7Alireza Bakht–80 kgW 7–5 L 12–18W 29–6Hamed Haghshenas+80 kgW 19–16L 13–26W 16–14
Women AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMaryam Abdollahpour–47 kgL 19–9L 4–45Zahra Rahimi–52 kgW 13–2W 6–4W 6–0L 2–5
See also Iran at the Paralympics Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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